Day: August 31, 2012

Hell is for bad guys, but not me

In the film Hellbound, writer/director Kevin Miller asks why it is so important for some people to believe that God will consign evil-doers to an eternal, conscious hell and for others to believe that God will eventually welcome everyone into heaven.

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Building for mission

The Rt. Rev. Victoria Matthews, bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand talks about her decision to take down the collapsing Christchurch Cathedral, despite formidable opposition.

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The theology behind the speeches

In introducing Cardinal Dolan, House Speaker Boehner pronounced that the Cardinal understood that “the preferential option for the poor doesn’t always translate into a preferential option for big government.”

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Attack Ads

Jesus takes that image of hope and invites the thirsty to come to him and to receive the life-giving Spirit which will burst from within them like a hidden spring in their souls. The image hits a responsive chord. People speculate: Is he a prophet? Is he the Messiah?

Time for the attack ad.

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Credo

by Lawson Wulsin Three years ago, after being served communion once again by my brother, the priest of St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, and reciting the

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